Lessons From Lexie #3

Since I posted my tenth chapter last week, I thought this would be a good time to check in and do another Lesson.

I am weary.

It’s not like I expected this to be easy, but I did think posting and promoting a chapter a week wouldn’t take over my life. Well, it has. Part of this—a large part—is because I have so many other aspects of story in addition to the chapter. I’d hoped to just have one day a week dedicated to Lex, but she seems to spill over into each day. I get these wild hair ideas—like having the actress playing Lex on her Instagram act out an SNL sketch I wrote for Lexie (she’s going to be hosting SNL this Saturday—stay tuned!). Stuff like this takes time.

Unless you’re a perfectionist, I would recommend not doing something like this. Multiplatform storytelling is not for the faint of heart. I’m a big details girl, so it’s hard for me to let things slide. This is especially true of the actual chapters. I go over and over them, even after my betas have vetted them. I knew I’d be putting out my first draft (not of the chapters, of the story as a whole), but I hadn’t anticipated how frustrating that would be…